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1492 Columbus, seeking a western route to Asia, reaches san Salvador Island in the Caribbean
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Treaty of Tordesillas divides New World between Spain and Portugal. The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the west to Spain.
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John Cabot establishes first English claim in North America
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Elizabeth I takes throne in England. Elizabeth I was crowned Queen by Owen Oglethorpe, bishop of Carlisle at Westminster Abbey, a little less than two months after the death of Mary I.
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Roanoke Island colony established, then disappears
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James I takes throne in England. He also held the title of King of France
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First Virginia tobacco crop harvested
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Anne Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts Bay
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Charles I executed
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Abraham wanted to free slaves and we wrote the Declaration of Independence represent a moral standard to the United States should strive.
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The Battle of Shiloh is a war that most people have heard of. It was one of the bloodiest battles in the United States.
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It is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles.. Thousands of Union soldiers were killed. Grant and Lee received reinforcements.
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Lincoln was the first American president to be Assassinated. Lincoln was shot at a play which was called "Our American Cousin" with his wife Mary Lincoln. Lincoln was killed because John Wilkes Booth and other people didnt like how the Civil War was fought.
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The English Civil War was a armed conflict and political machinations. The English Civil War led to the trial and execution of Charles I, the exile of his son, Charles II.
